The Pardee Center is hosting two visiting scholars – Dr. Brynhildur Davidsdottir, Associate Professor of Environment and Natural Resources, and Charlotte Ferrier, a MSc student; both from the University of Iceland – this semester. Dr. Brynhildur Davidsdottir is an Associate Professor of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Iceland, and is the Director […]
Prof. Adil Najam, DIrector of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and of Geography and Environment, was quoted in two press stories about the ongoing debate on recent controversies about climate change science and about the results of a new U.S. poll […]
Pardee Center Director Prof. Adil Najam and Pardee Center Faculty Fellow Prof. Henrik Selin both have chapters in a new edition of one of the widely used edited collections on global environmental politics, The Global Environment: Institutions, Law and Policy. The book, now in its third and expanded edition, is edited by Regina S. Axelrod, […]
Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and of Geography and the Environment at Boston University, was invited to speak on “Global Climate Change After Copenhagen” at the Boston offices of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), headquarters of […]
On Monday, Mar 1, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on ‘Decentralization and Development: Making Local Governance Deliver’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Ms. Ghazia Aslam, Prof. John Gerring and Prof. Dilip Mookherjee, and was moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, […]
Stephanie Watts, Associate Professor of Information Systems at the Boston University School of Management, was named as a Faculty Fellow of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. Prof. Watts was previously on the faculty of the Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University. Her academic research has […]
Pardee Center Research Fellow Dr. Pablo Suarez has been invited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a contributing author for the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Award, […]
Prof. Adil Najam, the Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy at Boston University and Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-authored a research paper titled “Futures of Globalization and Their Humanitarian Impacts” with Shanza Khan, Executive Director, Strategic and Economic Policy Research which contributed to […]
Dr. Jeni Klugman, the Director and Lead-Author of the UNDP Human Development Report Office, delivered the Pardee Distinguished Lecture at lunchtime today to an audience of over 100, including BU faculty, students and guests from around the Boston Area. The lecture was organized jointly by the Boston University Global Development program and the Frederick S. […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will hold a lunch seminar on ‘Decentralization and Development: Making Local Governments Deliver ‘ on Monday, March 1, 2010, featuring Ms. Ghazia Aslam, Prof. John Gerring and Prof. Dilip Mookherjee. The Seminar will be moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director, Pardee Center. Ghazia […]